Re: Proposal for Seahorse inclusion in GNOME 2.18

From: Nate Nielsen <nielsen-list memberwebs com>

To: desktop-devel-list gnome org

Subject: Re: Proposal for Seahorse inclusion in GNOME 2.18

Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:55:41 +0000 (GMT)

Wouter Bolsterlee wrote:
> På Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:04:09PM +0000, Nate Nielsen skrev:
>> Key Manager
>> * gnome-keyring integration for GnuPG and OpenSSH
>
> As an outsider I'm wondering: would a merge with gnome-keyring itself
> instead of building on top of it be a good idea?
The underlying concepts and technologies of gnome-keyring (which really
should be 'gnome-password') and encryption keys are extremely different.
That said, presenting them to the user in a common UI may be an idea
worth pursuing.
Nate Nielsen